a rare "A fili e a fasce" glass vase, model no. 4561, Venini, Murano, Italy, ca 1942.
Iridescent glass with decoration of threads and ribbons in various colours, acid-etched signature Venini Murano ITALIA. Height 20 cm.
A gift in the 1960s from Italian acquaintances visiting Sweden.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
The model was first presented in 1942 at the 23rd Venice Biennale.
Marino Barovier, "Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company 1932-1947", Skira 2013, p. 416.